Shade-holder for incandescent electric lamps.



No. 706,856. Patented Aug. [2, I902.

B. W. SCHMELZ.

SHADE HOLDER FOR INGANDESCENT ELECTRIC LAMPS.

(Application filed Feb. 5, 1902.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES IN |/NT0/? RICHARD IV. SOI'IMELZ, OF BROOKLYN, NElV YORK,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM V. GEIS,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHADE-HOLDER FOR INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LAMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters ratent N0. 70 6,856, dated August12, 19092.

Application filed February 5, 1902. Serial No. 92,611. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD WV. SCHMELZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain newand usefulImprovements in Shade-Holders forIncandescent Electric Lamps, of which the following is a full andcomplete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art toto which it appertains to make and use the same. The object of thisinvention is to provide an improved shade-holder for incandescentelectric lamps, a further object being to provide a shade-holder of theclass specified which may be quickly and easily attached to thelamp-support and which will remain securely in position and with which ashade may be easily connected in such manner that the shade will besecurely held in the desired position; and with these and other objectsin View the invention consists in a shade-holder of the class specified,constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this speci- 2 5 fication in which theseparate parts of my improvement are designated by the same referencecharacters in each of the views, Figure 1 is a side view of a socket orholder of an incandescent electric lamp and showing my improvedshade-holder connected therewith and a shade suspended thereby, theelec-' tric lamp beingnot shown; and Fig. 2, a pla view of theshade-holder detached.

Referring to the drawings, a designates the 3 5 socket or holder of anincandescent electric lamp, and said holder is provided at its lower endwith a neck a into which in practice an incandescent electric lamp isinserted in the usual manner. The neck or of the socket 40 or holder ais provided with an annular head a and in the practice of my invention Iprovide a shade-holder b, which is formed from a single piece ofspring-wire bent centrally to form a spring-ring 19 which is open at oneside and the sides of which are crossed, as shown at and bent to formtwo parallel handles or shanks b, which extend outwardly from the neckof the socket or holder and which are curved downwardly and inwardly,

' as shown at Z2 and the-ends of which are formedinto a ring-sh apedshade-holder proper consisting of two segmental portions 12, which areprovided opposite the parts I) with ring or loop shaped portions bbetween which in practice the neck of the shade is passed, 5 5 It willbe seen that the top ring portion 11 which incloses the neck a of thesocket or holder at, is arranged concentrically to the shade holderproper consisting of a segmental part b, and in attaching the device tothe neck a all that is necessary is to grasp the parts 7) between thethumb and fingers and press them together and pass the ring b up overthe said neck a and then by releas ing the parts b" the said ring 6 willsecurely 6 grasp and hold the said neck, and the spring action of thisring retains the shade-holder on said neck, as will be readilyunderstood. I have also shown at c an ordinary shade, which is providedat the top with a flaring ring or flange 0 by means of which an annulargroove or neck 0 is formed, and in connecting the shade with the holderthe neck of the shade is forced between the projecting members Z) of thesegmental parts I), which open to permit of this operation and which byreason of the spring action thereof securely grasp and hold the shade.

Although I have shown and described my improved shade-holder as designedfor use in connection with an incandescent electric lamp, it will beapparent that the same may be used in connection with other forms orstyles of lamps, and I reserve the right to make all such alterations inthe construction 8 5 shown and described and in the application thereofas fairly come within the scope of my invention.

It will be seen that the upper ring 11 is much smaller than the spaceinclosed by the 0 segmental members I) and that the laterallydirectedloop-shaped portionsor shanks b are in a vertical plane when theshade-holder is in its normal position and the bottom portions of themembers I) are shorter than the 9 5 top portions thereof, whereby thering 1) occupies a concentric position with reference to the segmentalmembers I)".

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1. Ashade-holder composed of spring-wire bent to form a spring-ring open atone side, the parts 'of said ring at the open side being crossed andextended in opposite directions and formed into outwardly-directed,vertically-arranged, loop-shaped shank members which are separated andarranged in separate vertical planes, and segmental clamp membersconnected with the lower end of said shank members and arrangedconcentrically with reference to said spring-ring and below said ringand outside thereof, substantially as shown and described.

2. A shade-holder composed of spring-wire bent to form aspring-ring openat one side, the parts of said ring at the open side being crossed andextended to form projecting loopshaped shank members which are separatedand arranged in separate vertical planes when the shade-holder is in itsnormal position and segmental members connected with the bottom of theshank members and below said ring when said holder is in its normalposition, said segmental members being open toasts at the side oppositethe loop-shaped shank members substantially as shown and described.

3. A shade-holder composed of spring-wire bent to form a spring-ringopen at one side, the parts of said ring at the open side being crossedand extended to form projecting loopshaped shank members which areseparated and arranged in separate vertical planes when the shade-holderis in its normal position, and segmental members connected with thebottom of the said shank members and below said ring when said holder isin its normal position, said segmental members being open at the sideopposite the loop-shaped shank members and being curved outwardly andbackwardly, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this-4th day ofFebruary, 1902.

RICHARD \V. SCHMELZ.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, F. F. TELLER.

